Every year, our social welfare law and tech services help thousands of not for profit organisations, people across the public sector, and local and national governments throughout the UK, to do more good

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Every year, our social welfare law & tech services help thousands of not for profit and third sector organisations, and people across the public sector and local and national governments throughout the UK, to do more good

We'd love to hear from you if you have feedback on our services, or you'd like to discuss how we might be able to help you in your own work. You can contact us via info@lasa.org.uk

Lasa: the social welfare law and tech charity

Established in 1984, we're dedicated to using technology to support the delivery of social welfare law advice and information to disadvantaged communities across the UK.

What we do:

We do a whole heap of stuff to help everyone from frontline third sector orgs to government departments (and everyone in-between) to deliver efficient, high quality services, as well as work for the direct benefit of people with social welfare law problems,

Who we work with:

We're committed to social justice and to helping organisations deliver the most effective services for the benefit of their users.

To this end every year we work with thousands of organisations across the UK, including frontline VCS orgs - for example local citizens advice and law centres - local authorities; housing associations; solicitor firms and barristers chambers; membership bodies, funders; media organisations; the judiciary; government departments ... and many, many more.

Our services:

Our services include -

Our advicelocal.uk website - our free, UK-wide
guide to welfare benefits and tax credits; council tax, debt and money
advice; housing and homelessness; employment
and work issues, disability and social care; and asylum and
immigration.

Welfare rights news & case law - our award winning rightsnet website is the first place thousands of organisations across the UK go to stay up to speed with the latest welfare rights developments.

Online casework support - get peer-to-peer casework support via our online adviser discussion forums, where thousands of advisers from across the UK meet
to share their experience and expertise for the benefit of their clients.

universalcreditinfo - designed to help address commonly held myths and misconceptions about universal credit.

socialcareinfo - our new web
tool, linking people with social care needs with local and national
social care resources and independent advice agencies in their area.

counciltaxhelp - designed to
help people find details of their local council tax support scheme,
national information about their rights and entitlements, and
details of independent advice organisations who can help
people get the help they need.

'We've turned to Lasa for years and you've never let us down! Your knowledge and resources ... are invaluable'

'Without rightsnet I could not provide the current
level of help and support to my team and to our clients. It gives us the
confidence that our advice is correct and up to date [and] means we do
not have to turn clients away'

'Essential tools to keep up to date and to use as reference source, with
links to legislation etc. I ensure that all my staff see relevant news
items on a daily basis'

Recognition for our work:

Lasa was twice shortlisted in the 'Access to justice through IT' category in the Legal Aid Practitioner's Group's 'LALY awards'; is a winner of the British Library sponsored 'Opening the World of knowledge' category in the Nominet Internet awards; won the 'technological innovation' category in the Lexis Nexis Taxation Awards; was a winner in the 'Working Together' category at the Technology4Good awards; and was shortlisted for the Charity Times 'Cross-sector partnership of the year' and the Guardian's Social Enterprise Award.

Supporters of our work:

Many thanks to those who are funding our work: the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation | the Legal Education Foundation | City Bridge Trust | Trust for London | HMRC | The Access to Justice Foundation | The Baring Foundation.

We’d love to hear from you

Do get in touch if you have feedback on our services, or you'd like to discuss how we might be able to help you in your own work.